dee goong three murder cases de gulik robert (10 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good +. No Jacket. Reprint. xxiii, 237 [2] pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Spine cloth is faded and a little soiled, otherwise this is a square, tight copy of this scarce early hard cover edition of Gulik's mystery, with a translator's postscript and illustrated with nine line drawings Size: 5.5 x 8.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Text is clean, inside front and back covers - stamp says salvage. End page has been ripped out and hinge is cracked. Still has the 2 page list of the Arno Press Collection of Literature of Mystery and Detection. On verso, there is publisher's note that this book was reprinted from the best available copy. It is a reprint of the 1949 copy and has the title in Chinese. Spine and corners are bumped, inside front cover has a wide strip of tape vertically (I cannot see a reason for it to be there/.

Etat : Fine. A fine, clean and tight copy. This edition issued without jacket. This is a volume in the Arno Press collection. Reprint of the edition of 1949.

First edition. First edition of the Dutch diplomat's first work of detective fiction, a translation of a Seventeenth Century detective story. Illustrated. With a preface by Van Gulik. Published in an edition of 1200 numbered copies signed by Van Gulik. This is copy 315, which is further inscribed "To Dr. F. Kuhn, with the author's best regards, New Delhi, Feb. 1952, Robert van Gulik." A fine bright, sharp copy with pictorial boards lacking the original plain kraft paper dust jacket. Housed in a custom made clamshell case with the design of the book's front cover on the front panel and the title on the spine. A sharp copy.

First edition. First edition of the Dutch dipliomat's first work of detective fiction, a translation of a Seventeenth Century detective story. Illustrated. With an introduction and notes by Van Gulik. Published in an edition of 1200 numbered copies signed by Van Gulik. This is copy 888. A presentation copy inscribed by van Gulik to legendary author and literary critic, Vincent Starrett, on the front free endpaper: "To Mr. Vincent Starrett, / from the author / R van Gulik / Tokyo, Sept. 1950." Starrett has also signed this copy on the verso of the limitation page. Fine bright copy with the original plain kraft paper unprinted dust jacket in which the book was mailed to subscribers, and housed in a custom made clamshell case with a red leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gilt. Laid-in to this copy are photocopies of two autograph letters signed by van Gulik to Starrett, as well as a newspaper clipping of Starrett's review of this book that is dated Dec. 10, 1950.

First edition. First edition of the Dutch diplomat's first work of detective fiction, a translation of a Seventeenth Century detective story. Illustrated. With a preface by Van Gulik. Published in an edition of 1200 numbered copies signed by Van Gulik. This is copy 392. Lightly rubbed along bottom edges and to corner edges, else a fine bright, sharp copy with pictorial boards in original plain kraft paper dust jacket which is moderately soiled, and in which the book was mailed to subscribers. Housed in a custom made cloth clamshell case with a paper spine label and titles printed in black. A sharp copy.

First edition. First edition of the Dutch diplomat's first work of detective fiction, a translation of a Seventeenth Century detective story. Illustrated. With a preface by Van Gulik. Published in an edition of 1200 numbered copies signed by Van Gulik. This is copy 900. Light foxing to the fore-edges and to the front and rear endpapers, else a fine bright, sharp copy with pictorial boards in original plain kraft paper dust jacket which is moderately soiled, and in which the book was mailed to subscribers. Housed in a custom made clamshell case with the design of the book's front cover on the front panel, the book's rear cover design on the back panel, and the title on the spine. A sharp copy.

(Tokyo, Printed for the author by Toppan Printing Company, 1949). Versierd karton. (10), vi, XXIV, 240 p. Gedrukt in een oplage van 1200 genummerde en gesigneerde exemplaren. 1e druk. Flinke schaafplekken aan de band, met name op de knepen en onder- en bovenaan de rug. Middelste pagina's (vouwblad; p. (9-10)-i-ii) van de eerste kneep los. Dit zeer decoratieve boek, Dee Goong An, was de aanzet tot Van Guliks succesvolle romanreeks met Judge Dee / Rechter Tie in de hoofdrol, een Chinese magistraat uit de 7e eeuw. Het boek gaat gekleed in een originele kleurenhoutsnede in Chinese stijl naar ontwerp van Van Gulik, van negen verschillende blokken gedrukt. Het is een illustratie van p. 197 in het boek. Op de achterkant een tekst in vijf Chinese karakters die wordt uitgelegd in Van Guliks voorwoord. De rug is nogal versleten. Ook met een uitvoerig voorwoord van de vertaler/ bewerker Robert van Gulik) en een dramatis personae voor de drie door Judge Dee opgeloste moordzaken in dit boek. Afkomstig uit de boekerij van kalli- en typograaf Ben Aalbers. Een legendarisch boek in de detective-literatuur!

First edition. First edition of the Dutch diplomat's first work of detective fiction, a translation of a Seventeenth Century detective story. Illustrated. With an introduction and notes by Van Gulik. Published in an edition of 1200 numbered copies signed by Van Gulik. This is copy 672. Page edges beginning to uniformly tan else a fine bright copy lacking the original plain kraft paper unprinted dust jacket in which the book was mailed to subscribers, and housed in a custom made clamshell case with the design of the book's front cover on the front panel, the book's rear cover design on the back panel, and the author's name, title, and publication date on the spine panel.

First Edition. (Tokyo, Japan: Toppan Printing Company 1949). First Edition, First Issue. First printing of Van Gulik's translation of Three Murder Cases solved by Judge Dee which predates his own Judge Dee novels. # 353 OF THE FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1,200 COPIES BOUND IN AN ORIGINAL WOOD-PRINT AND SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE AUTHOR. Illustrated with three reproductions of original Chinese pictures, and with six plates drawn by the author after ancient Chinese models. [8], iv, xxiii, 237 pages. Publisher's pictorial boards from a polychrome woodcut by the Author. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and the spine-sides (but less rubbing than normally seen) and a couple of indiscriminate marks to the fore-edge otherwise a VG+ copy. Lacking the plain kraft paper un-printed dustwrapper. Photographs/scans available upon request.